Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

Date with Ally

Ally and I had a date for ice cream the other day.  Brad and I are trying to have individual “dates” with each of the kiddos.  She thought it was great but she wasn’t much of a talker.
Whoa!  Those sunglasses might me a little BIG!

September 30, 2008

Akron Marathon

What and an amazing weekend.  My friend Rachel and I went to support our running buddies {Marcy and Amy} as they ran 26.2 miles on Saturday! CRAZY!  Our job was to hand them bananas during the race so to avoid leg cramps.  Thus, the t-shirts
If you’ve never experienced a marathon, I suggest you [...]

September 20, 2008

Simple Jewelry Giveaway!

I love this site and look what she’s giving away!  I just ordered a birthday present for myself from this website!

September 20, 2008

Time for a Change

Rachel and I decided it was time for a change.  Plus, I was lookin’ Amish
Me Before
Long and scary

Rachel Before
She loved it when I snapped this picture! Didn’t ya, Rach?!?!

After

Unfortunately, since we’ve had NO power, my hair hasn’t looked like this since!

September 20, 2008

POWERLESS…

Two weeks ago, during a crazy thunderstorm, something happened to our modem and we were without the internet for a week.  A few days before the modem came in the mail, hurricane winds blew through Canton, and knocked out our power for 5 days.  So we have been living in the dark for 5 days [...]

September 12, 2008

Internet Down!

The internet has been down at home all week so no new posts Hopefully it will be up soon!

September 8, 2008

Pics of Ally

Here are some pictures of Ally’s first day of school
that her teacher gave me.

I don’t think she misses us!

September 6, 2008

The Hammond Family’s Camping Vacation

Our mission:
1.  Vacation on a budget
2.  Be near the water
3.  Have fun with the kiddos

Our Rookie camping trip began with a rocky start!

Problem #1
Hardly anyone took reservations so it was first come, first serve.  We took a list of area campgrounds and called several on the way only to be told that they were booked [...]